Premise, Character, Conflict - Every character must be convinced that the action dictated to him by the premise is the only possible one. - Every great literary work grows out of characters, even if the author first planned the plot. - A novel, a play, or any other literary work is essentially made up of a crisis from beginning to end, leading to a compellingly logical resolution. - Conflict is the heartbeat of any written work. A looming conflict, translated into authorial vocabulary, is nothing more than creating tension. - And there is no conflict that is not foreshadowed. Conflict is that atomic energy in which one explosion sets off a chain of further explosions. 'The one book on which all others are based.' (Reutlinger GAZ) Lajos Egri wrote what is recognized as a standard work, Dramatic.